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Macrogastra ventricosa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Clausilioidea

Subfamily
  
Clausiliinae

Scientific name
  
Macrogastra ventricosa

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Clausiliidae

Genus
  
Macrogastra

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Similar
  
Macrogastra, Macrogastra plicatula, Laciniaria plicata, Cochlodina laminata, Ruthenica filograna

Macrogastra ventricosa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.

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Distribution

This snail occurs in Northern and Central Europe:

  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Finland
  • Estonia
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Russian Kaliningrad Oblast
  • Germany
  • Poland
  • Czech Republic
  • Slovakia
  • Switzerland
  • Austria
  • Hungary
  • Slovenia
  • Ukraine
  • Description

    The weight of the adult live snail is about 111.9 mg.

    References

    Macrogastra ventricosa Wikipedia